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New York AG files groundbreaking greenwashing case against global meat giant JBS

Today, the New York Attorney General (AG) sued global meat giant JBS over misleading net-zero climate claims. New York’s AG charged that JBS’ claim that it would reach net-zero emissions by 2040 was misleading to consumers because the company had no clear and achievable plan to reach the 2040 target.

EU institutions at risk of strengthening the net-zero smokescreen in carbon removal debate

European Union (EU) is on its way to pass a first-of-its kind carbon removal legislation.

Climate action versus corporate greenwashing at the U.N. Climate Summit

The United Nations Climate Ambition Summit in New York this week will be flooded with new corporate announcements and initiatives.

A voluntary approach to remedying a planetary emergency

According to one account reported in the Financial Times, the first project to claim to offset carbon dioxide emissions resulted from a chief executive officer’s concern about emissions from a yet-to-be constructed coal-fired energy plant in 1987.

COP27 debrief: What’s at stake on agriculture and climate in the coming year?

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EU Commission Publishes CO2 Removals Proposal — Real Zero Europe Reacts

Brussels—The European Commission today delivered a proposal for a new legislative framework to certify carbon removal offsets.

Real Zero Europe Statement

To avoid the worst effects of climate chaos, we must radically transform, equitably and justly, the way we produce our food, manage our ecosystems, and power our economies. We must urgently deploy real and proven, socially just and people-led solutions and dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions at source, down to Real Zero.

U.N. Expert Group On Net-Zero Prioritizes Real Emissions Cuts

MINNEAPOLIS—Today, the United Nations’ High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on the Net Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities issued a strong report assessing the net-zero pledges and commitments of non-state actors, which enable financial firms and corporations, including major agribusiness emitters, to greenwash their impact on the climate.

COP27 creates opportunity to respond to agriculture’s climate crisis

MINNEAPOLIS—As governments and civil society prepare to gather in Sharm el-Sheikh for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP27), the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) is joining partners around the world to advocate for agroecology and real zero and just solutions for

IATP responses to UNSG High Level Expert Group on net-zero emissions for non-state entities

The following document was submitted on August 31 in response to a consultation survey advising the High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) of the United Nations Race to Zero greenhouse gas emissions campaign. The subtitles correspond to the survey topics.